All Left Front partners must help strengthen coalition: Biman BoseKOLKATA - West Bengal’s ruling Left Front (LF) Tuesday said all partners of the coalition must play an “active” role to strengthen the front’s unity and it was not the sole responsibility of major partner Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). Jailed Jharkhand ex-minister files poll papersRANCHI - Former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka, who has been in jail since August in a graft case, Tuesday filed his nomination papers for two assembly seats in the state. Congress members walk out of Madhya Pradesh houseBHOPAL - Members of the Congress, the main opposition, Tuesday walked out of the Madhya Pradesh assembly to express their dissatisfaction over the government’s reply to a question over the role of the chief minister’s secretariat in an alleged mining royalty scam. Uma Bharti says she will join NDA, but not BJPLUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel and Bharatiya Janshakti Party founder Uma Bharti Tuesday said she is willing to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) but not the BJP. Two Kerala politicians squabble over ‘love jihad’THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - They have for long been engaged in a running political battle, belonging as they do to the rival fronts of Kerala’s political spectrum. Yeddyurappa makes political rival Shettar ministerBANGALORE - Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday inducted Jagadish Shettar, who has resigned as the assembly speaker, into his ministry as part of the deal to buy peace with dissidents seeking his removal. Koda asked to appear in Ranchi for interrogationRANCHI - Five days after he was last questioned, the Income Tax (IT) department Tuesday sent a notice to former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda asking him to appear for interrogation Nov 19. The authorities also denied reports that Koda had been tortured. ‘Vande Mataram’ controversy needless: Mohsina KidwaiNEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Mohsina Kidwai Tuesday said the controversy over “Vande Mataram” was needless and added that it was up to the people whether they wanted to sing the national song or not. We are facing an identity crisis: Anglo-Indian MPNEW DELHI - Protecting the identity and interest of his dwindling community is uppermost in the mind of Charles Dias as he prepares to take oath as a nominated Anglo-Indian member of the Lok Sabha Thursday. Whatever happened to PM’s working groups on Kashmir?
India too democratic, says former Malaysian PMKUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has singled out India as an Asian country that has “made the mistake of being too democratic” and compared it unfavourably with China’s authoritarian regime. TRS chief to launch do-or-die battle for TelanganaHYDERABAD - In a do-or-die battle for separate statehood to the Telangana region, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao has decided to go on a fast-unto-death from Nov 29. Kabir Suman has right to air his view: Mamata Banerjee
Abu Azmi hails Sachin, lauds Mulayam for dumping KalyanLUCKNOW -The Samajwadi Party’s Maharastra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi was Monday all praises for master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for declaring that he was an Indian first and then a Maharashtrian. Azmi also hailed his party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for dumping Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh. Congress refutes BJP allegations on KodaNEW DELHI - With the BJP attacking it over the corruption allegations against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, the Congress Monday said it had not been part of Koda’s government and had only extended outside support to it. BJP setting stage for Kalyan’s return?LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh’s bid to return to the party he walked out of twice before seems to have been viewed favourably by the party leadership, with three BJP leaders visiting his house Monday. Thackeray’s comments not worth a reaction: CongressNEW DELHI - Strongly condemning Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s strong reaction to cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar’s assertion of his identity as an Indian, the Congress party said Monday that his comments were not worth a reaction. Maoists, Trinamool Congress working together: BuddhadebKOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Monday reiterated his stand that the Trinamool Congress was working hand in hand with the Maoists in the state. LDF happy with Achuthanandan governmentTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan’s government got a pat on the back with the liaison committee meeting of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), which said it was doing a good job. New Iran site raises question about other secret locations: IAEAVIENNA - Iran’s late declaration of a new nuclear site raises the question whether there are other still secret facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday in its latest report on the Islamic state. Former union minister Upendra is deadHYDERABAD - Former union minister and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) leader Parvathaneni Upendra died here Monday after a brief illness, family sources said. He was 73. Reveal names in Koda’s diary, demands BJPNEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded that the government disclose the names of politicians found in the diary of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who faces charges in a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam. Learn lessons from West Bengal poll debacle, Bardhan to CPI-MNEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan Monday asked all the Left parties, particularly the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), to take lessons from the continuing electoral debacle in West Bengal where the Left has been in power for the last three decades. Dalai Lama reaches Rome to attend convention on TibetDHARAMSALA - After a weeklong visit to Arunachal Pradesh, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Monday reached Rome to attend a convention of parliamentarians on Tibet, an aide said. An amiable BJP leader who became an unlikely dissident heroBANGALORE - Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the state, Monday quit his post to return to active politics at a time the party’s first government in southern India is battling dissidence. Obama admits he is ‘too clumsy’ to Twitter
Madhya Pradesh assembly adjourned after tributes to leadersBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh assembly was adjourned for the day Monday after its members paid tributes to noted journalist Prabhash Joshi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pyarelal Khandelwal among others on the first day of the winter session. Politicians, sportsmen react angrily to Thackeray’s remarks on SachinNEW DELHI - Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s remarks that India’s cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar should “keep off the political pitch” has evoked strong reactions with virtually all political parties and sportsmen condemning Thackeray strongly. Suicide truck bomber attacks police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing 4 people
Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 4 Activists, medical community to Obama: More funding needed to fight AIDS in rural South
AIDS patients to president: Send more money south UN food summit approves strategy shift on world hunger, but fails to pledge specific money
UN summit approves new approach to hunger fight Britain, Australia apologize for mistreatment of child migrants sent to ‘better life’ overseas
Apology for kids shipped from Britain to colonies US undersecretary of state in Prague to discuss reworked missile defense plan
Czech, US officials discuss missile defense Attorney: Ex-Air Force nurse accused of killing 3 patients used judgment in painkiller dosages
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